SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah jumped 514 on Monday, with two more deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
There are now an estimated 30,559 active cases of the disease in Utah. The moving seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now 1,133, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that period is now 15.4%.
There are currently 308 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 112 in intensive care units, state data shows. About 73% of the hospital beds of the Utah intensive care unit are now occupied, including about 79% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, state data shows. About 50% of Utah’s non-ICU hospital beds are occupied on Monday.
A total of 417,024 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 413,937 on Sunday. Of those, 103,806 are second doses of the vaccine, according to state data.
The new numbers indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,079,688 people tested for COVID-19 so far in Utah, 17.1% have tested positive for the disease. The state has conducted a total of 3,480,503 tests since the start of the pandemic, up from 7,216 since Sunday. Of those, 3,653 were tests of people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19, the health department said.
One of the deaths reported Monday was a Washington County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died. The other death was a Utah County woman who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and was hospitalized when she died.
Monday’s totals give Utah 355,122 total confirmed cases, with 13,889 total hospitalizations and 1,738 total deaths from the disease. An estimated 322,825 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, the health department reported.
There is no press conference on COVID-19 on the program on Monday. Utah officials typically provide updates at news conferences once a week on Wednesdays or Thursdays.
This story is being updated.
Methodology:
The test results now include data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive COVID-19 test results will be reported to the health department immediately upon confirmation, but negative test results may not be reported until 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported by the Utah Department of Health each day includes all cases of COVID-19 since the Utah outbreak began, including those currently infected, those who have recovered from the disease, and those who have died.
Recovered cases are defined as anyone who was diagnosed with COVID-19 three or more weeks ago and has not died.
Referral hospitals are the 16 hospitals in Utah that can provide the best COVID-19 healthcare.
Deaths reported by the state usually occurred two to seven days before they were reported, according to the health department. Some deaths can be even further back, especially if the person is from Utah but died in another state.
The health department reports both confirmed and probable deaths from COVID-19 according to the case definition set forth by the Council of State and territorial epidemiologists. Death rates are subject to change as the investigation of the case is completed.
For deaths reported as COVID-19 deaths, the person would not have died if they had not had COVID-19, according to the health department.
The data in this story primarily reflects the state of Utah as a whole. Visit your local health district website for more localized information.
More information on Utah health guidelines is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
Information is from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. To learn more about how the Utah Department of Health collects and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and scroll down to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.